Wednesday 8 September 2010

FREE TO ATTEND!


Village Networking meetings are now FREE TO ATTEND! Come to your local meeting whenever you like, and visit other groups by request to the group host.


Tuesday 24 August 2010

NETWORKING HOLIDAY!!!


Village Networking is on holiday for the rest of August so make sure you enjoy the rest of the summer and see you back in September! Visit our website calendar for meeting dates and new groups starting at www.villagenetworking.biz.

Tuesday 6 July 2010

Steyning Meeting News




Heather has sold 4 ContactFile this week - 3 online and 1 via the Findon Village Networking Group! She is offering Village Networking members the old price of £120 - new price is £150. heather@cmdatabases.co.uk. Also BabyExpo show on 27th June was a huge success and the doors had to be closed!!

The Old Bakery Tearoom now has WiFi!! And and ice cream machine for lovely home-made ice cream. Paul is looking to hire the tearooms for business meetings/events and for private parties info@thebiscuitbox.co.uk.

Peter is offering a 1-hour supercharged workshop for new businesses with 6 in each group. Cost will be around £30 peter.johnson@beeding.co.uk.

Jo will save any home or business money on their gas, electricity, phone, broadband and mobiles jo@temptingsavings.co.uk.















Tuesday 29 June 2010

Henfield Meeting News

A really good meeting out in the pub garden, with 12 attendees despite perfect weather and Andy Murray on court at Wimbledon!

Peter Johnson from Sussex Business Advisors visited from Steyning group and we welcomed new member Art Hutchins from Art's Eye Photography.

Henfield Enterprise (formerly Chamber of Commerce) are having a networking meeting tonight June at 6pm at the White Hart Pub. There is a charity quiz afterwards from 8.30pm in aid of HART for teams of 6 people.

Stuart Avern of Midas Mortgage Centre invites anyone interested in Cape Verde property investment to a seminar in Hove on Thursday 8th July at The Square Restaurant, Church Road. For more times and more details email stuart@midasmortgagecentre.co.uk

Gillian Goodsman of Goodsman Lettings is running a craft fair in Lindfield on September 4th and is looking for small businesses who may want to hire a stall. For more details email gillian@goodsman-letting.co.uk.

Henfield Leisure Centre is celebrating it's 20th birthday on July 17th with a Family Fun Day from 12 noon onwards - all welcome. Visit http://www.henfieldleisure.co.uk/ for more details.

St Peters Primary School Fete is next Saturday 10th July and stalls are still available for small businesses - contact Richard Lucy for more info at richard.lucy@financeplanning.co.uk.

Next meeting is our RELAUNCH on Monday 12th July 2010.

Monday 21 June 2010

TONIGHT!!! Steyning Relaunch Meeting


5.30pm for 6.00pm start at the Old Bakery Tea Rooms in Cobblestone Walk. Come along for a free taster meeting and find out all the benefits of joining Village Networking!

Saturday 19 June 2010

Findon Launch Meeting at the Sylvan Oak



A great meeting with around 20 attendees and some fascinating businesses from the village and surrounding areas. As you can see we were able to sit outside on the fabulous terrace for the meeting as it was such a lovely evening. Can't wait for the next meeting on Monday 28th.


Sinan from Sylvan Oak did us proud with some gorgeous canapes to keep us fed while we chatted. What a great venue for a summer party.

Friday 14 May 2010

Notes of Henfield Meeting - Monday 10th May 2010

Tonight there were 8 attendees - at least 3 members being in local dramatic productions! Welcome to new member Carol Firth who is an Arbonne representative.

We tried out our new '121' format, with 2 one-to-one 10 minute sessions. It was a bit hectic but the feedback was excellent afterwards, with members feeling that it was a really good way to understand more about each others' businesses and there was far more chance of identifying referral opportunities. So we will carry on with this format for now.

Andy is looking for referral for pressed tools, metal or plastic components - even very small jobs such as drilling a hole! Andy's wife is looking for a training job locally - she is also skilled in technical writing. If you can help in any way please get in touch.

Liz brought an article by Tim Fifield titled 'Networking Why Bother' and here is a very useful link to his blog for more info on this - http://www.timstoptips.co.uk/. Liz also had info for Gillian on the local lettings competition. Richard has a referral for Tom. Susan is promoting Camp Conveyancing at Gay Pride to try and gain the advantage of the Pink Pound - great marketing idea! Liz has asked Mike to take photos at a surprise party.

Helen thanked Jo for commissioning her to design the Village Networking logos - a great job as you can see! Helen also thanked Liz for working with her on her business card design.

Jo had news on her Village Networking business - new groups are opening in Billingshurst, Storrington and Findon in June, so if you know any businesspeople in these villages, please let her know.

Next meeting is Monday 24th May 2010. See you there!